The campaign was run by a group of 23, 25 and 27-year-olds. The young people were empowered to make decisions on the fly. This horizontal distribution of trust works both as capacity building and product market fit. It gives your growing team the means to product test out in the world. Just like any start up, being first mover at scale isn't ar. You have to run it over and over again.
Politics and entrepreneurship have much in common: Both versions of scale leadership require strategic patience, hard work, a clear vision of a better future, an unshakable belief that you can bring that future to life – and the ideal opportunity to make it all come together. President Barack Obama sits down with Reid Hoffman in Part 1 of our two-part episode on finding the right moment to act, and when the moment chooses you. Obama talks about how being in the right place, at the right time, with the right mindset enabled his political ascension. Fueled by what President Obama calls “preparation and perspiration,” his 2008 campaign was a startup that defied expectations. Then came the big pivot: figuring out how to move from renegade mode to leading one of the world's largest enterprises, the U.S. government. With guest will.i.am.
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